Book of Mormon Authorship Revisited

The Evidence for Ancient Origins

Members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints view the Book of Mormon as scripture written by ancient prophets, while critics believe that it is a 19th-century fraud. The 15 essays in Book of Mormon Authorship Revisited present the latest research by LDS scholars on the question in an effort to demonstrate that the weight of scholarly evidence is on the side of authenticity.

Part 1 contains essays dealing with accounts of how the book was produced in 1829 and 1830, with emphasis on the translation process and the witnesses who saw the plates. Part 2 takes a look at the logical structure of the authorship debate and reviews the history of alternative theories and criticisms of the Book of Mormon. Part 3 presents textual studies that demonstrate the plausibility of the Book of Mormon as an ancient book, and part 4 updates scholars’ attempts to understand the ancient cultural and geographic setting of the book in both the Old and New Worlds.

Publication Information

Publication Date: 1997

ISBN 13: 978-0934893251

Page Count: 584

Size: 6x9

Binding: Paperback

Price: $19.95

Imprint: FARMS

Noel B. Reynolds

Noel B. Reynolds is currently serving as a mission president for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saint. He is a professor of political science at Brigham Young University. At BYU he has previously served as the executive director of the Institute for the Study and Preservation of Ancient Religious Texts, associate academic vice president for undergraduate studies, the associate academic vice president for university education, and chair of the Department of Philosophy.

The views expressed in Maxwell Institute publications are those of the individual authors and do not necessarily represent the position of the Maxwell Institute, Brigham Young University, or The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.